On October 28, 2009, GLORIA RUTH BAZEMORE; beloved mother of Andre M. Bazemore, Rhonda Bazemore, and Carla Bazemore Epps. Mrs. Bazemore is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. On Wednesday, a viewing will be held for Mrs. Bazemore in the Grand Parlor of VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road, from 10 AM to 8 PM, the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 PM. On Thursday, services for Mrs. Bazemore will be held at Epworth Chapel United Methodist Church, 3317 St. Lukes Lane at Liberty Road, where the family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 AM with services to follow.

Fatal-stabbing count upgraded Charges against a Brooklyn Park man accused of stabbing his wife to death have been upgraded to first-degree murder by an Anne Arundel County grand jury. Soman Narayanan Thamby, 51, was arraigned Monday on the new charge, which was tacked on to second-degree murder and manslaughter charges he was facing in the May 5 death of Lesa Lynn Thamby. Prosecutors declined to discuss the case, but the charge can be applied in instances of premeditation. Warren A. Brown, Thamby's defense attorney, said the new evidence includes diary entries from Lesa Thamby's mother, which, he argued, can hardly be used as a window into Soman Thamby's mind.

Friday night at the Coldstream Recreational Center, a community band marches and rocks deftly to the beat of drums. Members of the "Bazemore Bandits" -- absent their purple and gold uniforms -- are rehearsing for a performance Jan. 21. Most are wearing jeans -- bell bottoms, straight and baggy -- but even in casual clothes, their discipline shows. "We are known for our footwork and dancing," said Virginia Healthington, who co-founded the band with Ernest Bazemore. "We give New Edition [Marching Band]

Douglas J. Bazemore, long ago a fuzzy-cheeked paratrooper and jungle fighter, was remarkably relaxed yesterday as the Army's surgeon general gently draped the Purple Heart around his neck in a packed ceremony at Aberdeen Proving Ground. People, some with tears in their eyes, stood and applauded. They all knew the award culminated Bazemore's 35-year fight to receive the medal, symbolic of two days of terror and slaughter in a rain forest clearing where Bazemore almost died near Dak To, South Vietnam.

On February 24, 2003 GARNET E. (nee Early), devoted mother of David A. Mason and Sheila A. Bazemore; loving grandmother of John and Stephanie Bazemore and Tyler Mason; dear great-grandmother of Gage Bazemore; loving sister of Millis Dragich, Edward and Warren Early and the late Lawrence Early. Friends may call at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Ave. on Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where the Funeral Service will be held at 8 P.M. A Graveside Service and interment will be held on Friday at 10 A.M. at Meadowridge Memorial Park.

A Milford Mill Academy football player was arrested yesterday and accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old Randallstown youth standing in a crowd of young people Saturday morning, then speeding off in a car not knowing how many people might have been hit, Baltimore County police said. Instead of practicing with his team yesterday afternoon, Jerrard M. Bazemore, 18, a senior and starting running back on the varsity football team, was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge. He is accused of killing Charles Howard Sharp III, a recent Lansdowne High School graduate who had gathered with friends outside a home in Randallstown.

By Robert A. Erlandson and Robert A. Erlandson,Staff Writer | August 6, 1993

Within hours of the slaying, Robert Lee Berry told his brother-in-law he had shot someone at the Sizzler Restaurant in Cockeysville, the relative testified yesterday in Baltimore County Circuit Court.Christopher Bazemore, of Owings Mills, said Mr. Berry awakened him with a telephone call about midnight Dec. 26."He told me something went wrong. They went to the Sizzler and he shot someone," Mr. Bazemore said.Mr. Bazemore said he didn't believe Mr. Berry until he saw a television news report about the robbery in which John D. Tillman, a 29-year-old employee was killed.

Jerrard M. Bazemore, who months ago was a starter on Milford Mill Academy's football team, stood at the front of a packed Baltimore County courtroom yesterday and quietly admitted that he had shot and killed 18-year-old Charles H. Sharp III, a Landsdowne High School and ROTC graduate who wanted to join the Air Force. With dozens of his school friends sitting behind him, the stocky, baby-faced Bazemore, also 18, listened as Baltimore County Circuit Judge Lawrence R. Daniels outlined the rights he would forfeit by pleading guilty to second-degree murder and the use of a handgun in the commission of a violent crime.

On February 24, 2003 GARNET E. (nee Early), devoted mother of David A. Mason and Sheila A. Bazemore; loving grandmother of John and Stephanie Bazemore and Tyler Mason; dear great-grandmother of Gage Bazemore; loving sister of Millis Dragich, Edward and Warren Early and the late Lawrence Early. Friends may call at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Ave. on Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where the Funeral Service will be held at 8 P.M. A Graveside Service and interment will be held on Friday at 10 A.M. at Meadowridge Memorial Park.

A Milford Mill Academy football player was arrested yesterday and accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old Randallstown youth standing in a crowd of young people Saturday morning, then speeding off in a car not knowing how many people might have been hit, Baltimore County police said. Instead of practicing with his team yesterday afternoon, Jerrard M. Bazemore, 18, a senior and starting running back on the varsity football team, was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge. He is accused of killing Charles Howard Sharp III, a recent Lansdowne High School graduate who had gathered with friends outside a home in Randallstown.

Jerrard M. Bazemore, who months ago was a starter on Milford Mill Academy's football team, stood at the front of a packed Baltimore County courtroom yesterday and quietly admitted that he had shot and killed 18-year-old Charles H. Sharp III, a Landsdowne High School and ROTC graduate who wanted to join the Air Force. With dozens of his school friends sitting behind him, the stocky, baby-faced Bazemore, also 18, listened as Baltimore County Circuit Judge Lawrence R. Daniels outlined the rights he would forfeit by pleading guilty to second-degree murder and the use of a handgun in the commission of a violent crime.

Friday night at the Coldstream Recreational Center, a community band marches and rocks deftly to the beat of drums. Members of the "Bazemore Bandits" -- absent their purple and gold uniforms -- are rehearsing for a performance Jan. 21. Most are wearing jeans -- bell bottoms, straight and baggy -- but even in casual clothes, their discipline shows. "We are known for our footwork and dancing," said Virginia Healthington, who co-founded the band with Ernest Bazemore. "We give New Edition [Marching Band]